sack

  • 61Sack — der Sack, ä e (Mittelstufe) großer Behälter aus Stoff, Kunststoff o. Ä., in dem man Waren transportieren kann Beispiele: Ich habe drei Sack Weizen gekauft. Ich musste den schweren Sack auf dem Rücken tragen. Kollokation: einen Sack zubinden der… …

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  • 62sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… …

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  • 63sack — I 1. noun 1) she carried her supplies in a sack Syn: bag, pouch, pack, satchel; knapsack, backpack, rucksack, packsack, day pack, bookbag, tote bag 2) informal work hard or you ll get the sack Syn …

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  • 64sack —    1. a traditional unit of volume. Sacks of different commodities are of different sizes, but a typical measure is 3 bushels (about 105.7 liters based on the U.S. bushel, or 109.1 liters based on the British Imperial bushel).    2. a traditional …

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  • 65sack — See: get the sack at get the bounce(2), give the sack at give the bounce(2), hit the hay or hit the sack, leave holding the bag or leave holding the sack …

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  • 66sack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sak bag, sackcloth, from Old English sacc, from Latin saccus bag & Late Latin saccus sackcloth, both from Greek sakkos bag, sackcloth, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew śaq bag, sackcloth Date: before 12th… …

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  • 67Sack —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Sack (comics).   Pour l’article homophone, voir Sac (homonymie). Sack (« plaqué ») est un terme employé au football américain ou canadien lorsqu un quarterback (« quart arrière »)… …

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  • 68sack — Synonyms and related words: acquire, assault, attack, ax, bag, balloon, banditry, barbarize, barrel, basket, batter, be seized of, bed, bedstead, bladder, boot, boot out, bottle, bounce, box, box up, break, brigandage, brigandism, brutalize, bump …

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  • 69sack — I. vb British to discard or reject. Used in this sense and generalised from the colloquial meaning of dismissal from one s job, the term was popular in adolescent slang of the 1990s, often in reference to dumping a partner. ► I think we should… …

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  • 70sack — I n 1. bag, pouch, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Chiefly Scot. pocket, Obs. budget; pack, packet, satchel; purse, grip, valise, carpetbag; saddlebag, Southwestern U.S. alforja; backpack, knapsack, kit bag, haversack, rucksack; gunnysack, gunny bag …

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